Carr injured late in 27-26 win over Lions (updated)

Six days after he said playing rookie quarterback Derek Carr with the first-team offense “was not in the plans,” Dennis Allen put Carr in with the first-team offense Friday night in the second preseason game.
It doesn’t mean there is a quarterback controversy, and Allen will scream “Matt Schaub is still our starter” from the mountain top all week. But the move may be the first small indication that there are some small questions being raised about Schaub in Raidersville.
Then, in the fourth quarter, the questions centered around Carr, and how he was doing. He was hit from behind by Lions defensive end Larry Webster and immediately left the game and went to the locker room pointing to his ribs. But Allen said after the game that Carr left with a concussion and not a ribs injury.
Carr finished 9-for-16 for 109 yards and a touchdown in the 27-26 win. Third-stringer Matt McGloin led the Raiders to victory, with a 19-yard touchdown pass to Brice Butler with six seconds left.
Oakland is now 1-1 in the preseason.
Schaub, meanwhile, looked a little better than he did last week in Minnesota, and finished 8-of-13 for 87 yards and an interception in about a quarter and a half of play. The interception was off James Jones’ hands, but Schaub did later throw a sideline pass that Lions cornerback Rashean Mathis should have picked off but was thinking about his touchdown dance.
For all the questions about Schaub’s confidence coming off a terrible year in Houston last year, it seems his arm strength is the issue now. There are ways to get around that – Peyton Manning isn’t exactly throwing darts in Denver – and the Raiders will almost assuredly go with Schaub’s experience to open the season in New York.
But Carr seems to be coming on. There is no question about his arm strength, and his footwork looked a lot better than it did last week. He has worked with the coaching staff on widening his base and losing the hitch when he throws.
Friday night, Carr was 7-for-7 on one scoring drive and threw his first touchdown pass, to backup tight end Jake Murphy (the son of former Braves slugger Dale). He hit Greg Little on one deep pass but overthrew him midway through the fourth quarter when Little came open again.
Briefly: Maurice Jones-Drew had a 22-yard catch on a screen pass in his first home game, but the Antioch native came out later with a finger injury. The running back had 12 yards on six carries. … Safety Tyvon Branch also came out of the game with an ankle injury. … Good news: Sebastian Janikowski and holder Marquette King looked smooth. 3-for-3 on FGs (really 4-for-4 but Lions had too many men on field)